wilwarin(wilwarind-)

as in pl. wilwarindi noun "butterfly" Markirya, WIL, LT1:273; Wilwarin name of a constellation, tentatively identified as Cassiopeia Silm. "Qenya" adjective wilwarindeën "like butterflies" MC:216; see wilwarindëa for Quenya form. "Qenya" similative form wilwarindon "as a butterfly" MC:213, 220; Tolkien later abandoned the ending -ndon PE17:58